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LCH.Clearnet Selects New US CEO
David Weisbrod has been appointed as the new CEO of LCH.Clearnet's US subsidiary, the clearing group announced.
FixSpec Establishes FIX Testing Utility
Service and utility provider FixSpec has set up a multi-venue certification service for developers working on FIX applications.
SmartStream Standardizes Reconciliations With New Version of TLM Product
SmartStream Technologies, the financial transaction lifecycle management specialist, has released the latest version of its reconciliations solution, TLM Reconciliations-Premium, which is designed to cut operational costs and duplication of feeds.
Renaissance Capital Taps GATElab for Margining
Moscow-headquartered investment bank Renaissance Capital has rolled out GATElab's MICEX and FORTS HFTS Gateways for cross-asset margining.
Orange, Bloomberg Partner for Voice Record Archiving
Orange Business Services - Trading Solutions has partnered with Bloomberg to launch a cloud-based voice record archiving service.
NAS Joins Calastone's Australian Network
National Australia Bank Asset Servicing (NAS) has joined Calastone's fund transaction network, the vendor has announced, bringing its share of Australian fund managers operating on its network to 40 percent.
StatPro Adds Bottom-Up Visualization for Stock Picks
Portfolio analytics and reporting vendor StatPro has announced the addition of bottom-up stock picking analytics to its Revolution platform.
Perseus Goes Public With European Microwave Network
Perseus Telecom, a New York-based low latency network provider, has formally announced a microwave service in Europe, which launched in October.
ITRS, Verdande Partner on Systems Risk
Verdande, the case-based reasoning (CBR) systems provider based in Trondheim, Norway, will integrate its Edge platform into ITRS's Geneos application performance monitoring solution.
Integral Launches Currency Trading System
Integral Development, a Palo Alto, California-based vendor, has launched a new currency trading system for investment managers.
Back to Basics
Features and functionality are nice, but without a decent front end, even the most advanced trading engine can have a false start.
Jefferies & Co. Takes a Pair from IPC
The global investment banking group is plugging into IPC's Connexus extranet as well as the communications provider's Direct Connect data service.
Tradenext Partners Tradable for Open Source Platform
Foreign exchange (FX) broker Tradenext has announced that it will launch a co-branded trading platform along with open source tech vendor Tradable later this year.
Luxembourg Exchange, Altus to Develop Fund Market Infrastructure
The Luxembourg Stock Exchange (LSX) and tech vendor Altus have announced their cooperation over the development of market infrastructure for investment funds in Europe.
Outsourcing: In Search of Secret Sauce
Sell-side institutions continue to find value in outsourcing services, especially within the back office, but there is much room for improvement. By Steve Dew-Jones
Sentiment Analysis Still Has a Long Way to Go on Wall Street
Was DCM Capital's failure a sign that the industry is not ready for sentiment analysis? Or was it a blip? Anthony explores.
Anova and AOptix to Collaborate on Low-Latency Wireless Network
AOptix, a Campbell, California-based company that leverages optics for wireless communications, and Anova Technologies, a Chicago-based builder of low-latency networks, have formed a strategic partnership to deliver low-latency wireless communications…
Sucden Taps Currenex for FX, Bullion
Sucden Financial, the London brokerage arm of Sucres & Denrées, has chosen Currenex to provide foreign exchange (FX) and bullion trading services.
New 'Agora' Enables Shift in Quants' Roles
Flush with financial engineering knowledge as never before, firms are deploying quants to tackle new challenges. Tim Bourgaize Murray reports on a fresh discourse among them about technology—including communication, memory, and intuition—indicating a new…
Five Years of SFTI in Europe
Sell-Side Technology caught up with Ian Jack, global head of infrastructure for the Secure Financial Transaction Infrastructure (SFTI) at NYSE Technologies, in London earlier this week.
Tradeweb Adds Interdealer Trading to CDS Index Platform
Tradeweb Markets, a New York-based provider of fixed income marketplaces, has added interdealer trading to its European electronic iTraxx credit default swap (CDS) index platform.
WSE Sets April Date for NYSE UTP Move
The Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE) has said that preliminary testing for its move to NYSE Technologies' Universal Trading Platform (UTP), which will occur on April 15, 2013, has finished successfully.
Imagine Releases High-Volume Risk Management Solution
New York-based Imagine Software has unveiled a new offering that will allow firms to meet CFTC regulatory demands.
NRI Expands Presence in Thailand, Eyes Southeast Asia
Tokyo-based Nomura Research Institute (NRI) has established a subsidiary, NRI Thailand, in the Pacific Ocean kingdom, with eyes toward further growth in Southeast Asia.